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China has grown more new forest cover than any nation on Earth (media.mas.to)
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https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-30-years-of-deforestation-and-forest-growth-by-country/

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[โ€“] HornyOnMain@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

the article linked cites the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations as its source, so it's not using china's numbers for this

[โ€“] jupyter_rain@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

Okay thanks, I guess I overlooked that :)